Noob with building questions

[PhuryuS]

I am a 6 month vaper after kicking tobacco using ecigs. Not only has vaping helped me kick smoking, it's turned into a hobby. I am now going to get into the world of RTA's. I have purchased a Kanger sub tank to ease my transition to rebuilding. I have done plenty of tutorial watching on builds and have the materials needed. The one thing I'm still unclear on is knowing what to do to get my desired ohms for each build. Basically what I'm asking is for someone to explain or link me to a source that can tell me what gauge wire and how many wraps will get me close to the desired ohms. Thank you all in advance for your patience with this noob.

For reference, I'm not looking to sub ohm at this particular time. I use an MVP 2.0 and a Vamo V6 20 watt currently. The Vamo is listed as going to .8 ohms and the MVP is listed as 1.3. Just to let you guys know what my hardware capabilities are in advance.

 

[State O' Flux]

The one thing I'm still unclear on is knowing what to do to get my desired ohms for each build. Basically what I'm asking is for someone to explain or link me to a source that can tell me what gauge wire and how many wraps will get me close to the desired ohms.

For reference, I'm not looking to sub ohm at this particular time. I use an MVP 2.0 and a Vamo V6 20 watt currently. The Vamo is listed as going to .8 ohms and the MVP is listed as 1.3. Just to let you guys know what my hardware capabilities are in advance.

Welcome to ECF, Phury...

You can use "Steam Engine" (click my hyperlink sigline) to calculate and "model" your desired builds. The important elements in Steam Engine are: your desired resistance, coil ID (mandrel size) and build type, meaning "single coil", "dual parallel coils" etc etc.

For the resistances you reference, 27 and 28 gauge wire will do nicely in the 0.8Ω ~ 1.3Ω range for single coils and to a lesser degree, with dual parallel coils. Thicker wire is easier to manipulate and will hold it's shape better as you fit it to the terminals.

An example for your MVP2 would be a desired 1.3Ω single coil build - 28 gauge Kanthal, 2mm ID and 2mm leg length (leg length isn't too critical - but getting close won't hurt), wire length used is 72.6mm (the length and thickness of wire determine resistance - not the coil count or ID)... and you end up with a nice, 9/8 wrap coil with a 150 mW/mm² heat flux at 11 watts (max wattage for the MVP2).

You'll find a wealth of useful info if you click my second sigline as well. Cheers...

 

[tmcase]

If you are interested in micro coils, this spreadsheet is a good resource. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/446263-micro-coils-ohms-description.html